Red Carpet Confidential: How Amy Poehler Bounced Back From Split With Will Arnett

By:OK! Staff

Nov. 14 2012, Published 10:03 a.m. ET

Amy Poehler is not one to let a circumstance like separating from hubby Will Arnett keep her down.

The couple, who are parents to sons Archie, 4, and Abel, 2, split in September after nine years of marriage.

The Parks and Recreation star, 41, has found solace in her work with Worldwide Orphans, which delivers health care, schooling, attachment therapy, sports and arts programs to orphans and at-risk children living in Haiti, Vietnam, Bulgaria and Ethiopia. She serves as their Ambassador of Arts.

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“Giving back is the ultimate way to get out of yourself and to be of service,” she tells me Tuesday during the Worldwide Orphans 15^th Anniversary Gala held at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC.

She adds, “The WWO provides much-needed services for children who need it the most.”

For Amy, the foundation serves as a lifeline.

“It means service, having an open heart and paying attention to the rest of the world.”

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Amy is well aware that she serves as a role model for their young sons.

“I try to be a power of example and raise them as kind and conscious people,” she says.

While the former Saturday Night Live star could have been a diva and arrived way late after she got stuck in traffic before the WWO Gala, she instead gets out of the car and walks the remaining three blocks to make it to the event in time.